Survivor Song

by Paul Tremblay

After shared, restrained laughter, they drive in silence, passing through this new ghost town, where the ghosts are reflections of what was and projections of what might never be again.

Luis closes his eyes, leans into his friend, and waits for the fire to burn through his head.

She stays in her field and slow dances to a song all of us will one day hear.

So you’ve chosen to go on, to survive. What will that take? What is the price? What are you willing to do? Who will you be, after?